JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Two Israelis infected with A/H1N1 virus died on Monday, bringing the total number of this influenza-related deaths
in Israel to nine.

The two victims were both male and respectively aged 67 and 76, health authorities were quoted by local news service Ynet as saying, while adding
that it is still unclear whether the epidemic was the main cause of the two deaths.

About a dozen other A/H1N1 flu patients are still in intensive care units across the country, where official statistics showed that among some
seven million residents, over 2,100 have been diagnosed with the global pandemic, and half of them are under the age of 30.

A Quebec City factory may be in the midst of churning out 50.4 million swine flu vaccines for release across the country this November, but some
Canadians aren't waiting with bated breath.

Despite a fall flu season that's expected to strain the health care system with resurgent swine flu and all the usual seasonal influenza cases, some
people are preparing by turning to alternative medicine.

Aboriginal people, who have been especially hard hit by the virus, are looking to traditional healing methods. And those who subscribe to alternative
medical care are also exploring non-conventional health-care options.

TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A woman in her 80s from the central city of Nagoya has died of A/H1N1 flu, the third confirmed death in Japan from the
disease, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.

A man in Okinawa Prefecture Saturday became Japan's first new flu-linked fatality while a man in Kobe became the second on Tuesday.

The number of influenza patients in the country, most of whom are believed to have been infected with the new flu strain, had almost reached a
level indicative of an epidemic, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday.

It is estimated the total number of flu patients in Japan has reached about 60,000.

WELLINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A 30-year-old woman who died in the South Island city of Dunedin on Sunday has been confirmed by the Health
Ministry as New Zealand's 15th Influenza A/H1N1 victim.

New Zealand's Ministry of Health said on Tuesday there were no underlying medical condition involved with the latest death, and the ministry's
death toll only included people where Influenza A/H1N1 was considered the primary cause.

The ministry said that the number of people presenting to the doctors with influenza-like illnesses continued to fall, indicating the pandemic may
be abating
.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of deaths from the A/H1N1 flu virus in Brazil has reached 342, local health authorities announced
on Monday.

According to the authorities, three new deaths were confirmed on Monday, with two in Rio de Janeiro state in the southeast and one in Santa
Catarina state in the south. The victims were an adult male, a female and a seven-year-old boy.

Sao Paulo state has the highest death toll so far with 134 victims. Parana state in the southern part of the country has 79 victims, followed by
Rio Grande do Sul state with 70.

Out of the 342 deaths, only six occurred outside the southern and southeastern regions, where the winter has more severe weather.

A 57-year-old woman is the third person in Lee County to die from the H1N1 flu, according to the Lee County Health Department.

“We have continued to see influenza activity over the summer. Therefore, we urge people to take precautions against flu-illness by following proper
hygiene” said Judith A. Hartner director of the Lee County Health Department.
The woman is not being identified because of privacy laws. A 51-year-old man died in July and a 53-year-old man died earlier this month from
flu-related causes.

SANA'A, Aug. 19 (Saba) - Public Health and Population Ministry announced on Wednesday the first death of H1N1 in the country.

Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul-Karim Rase'a confirmed the death of a new case was for a man, 40, from Dalei governorate.

The man, lived in the capital Sana'a, was suffered on August 10th from fever and slight cold and sent to the hospital on August 15, where his case
was diagnosed as Pneumonia, the Minister said.

On August 16, the man's health got worse and was entered the intensive care, were his heath get much worse. He has not even responded to
medications.

The hospital, on August 17, reported the Ministry on a H1N1-suspected case. The Ministry's epidemiological surveillance team took a laboratory sample
and then gave him the first does of the N1H1's cure. However, he died at 10:45 PM on the same day.

The primary information showed that the man has not travelled outside the country but he had received one of his relatives returned from USA prior to
getting sick.

Worth to mention is that the number of the N1H1-cases in Yemen has reached 16 people with two new cases announced on Tuesday.

A 12-year-old Palm Beach County girl has died of H1N1 swine flu, according to the Florida Department of Health.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and friends of these individuals, " said Surgeon General Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros. " H1N1, like seasonal
flu, can in some circumstances be very serious, therefore, all of us should continue to adhere to good health practices including, stay home if sick,
cover cough and sneeze, and wash hands frequently."

There have been 59 laboratory confirmed H1N1 Swine Flu deaths in Florida. As of July 31, there were four swine-flu related deaths in Palm Beach
County.

Other recent deaths include a 61-year-old male in Alachua County, a 19-year-old female in Brevard County, a 31-year-old female in Clay County, an
84-year-old female in Miami-Dade County, a 33-year-old female in Duval County, a 43-year-old female in Duval County, a 46-year-old male in
Hillsborough County, a 57-year-old female in Lee County, a 54-year-old female in Taylor County, and a 50-year-old male in Volusia County..

KUWAIT: Kuwait said a young man who was already suffering from severe pneumonia has died from swine flu, the first person in the country to
succumb to the disease. The state-owned Kuwait News Agency quoted Health Ministry spokesman Youssef Al-Nisf as saying yesterday that the victim was
Kuwaiti in his twenties. The Kuwaiti government has been announcing the number of swine flu cases in the country on weekly basis. It said last
Thursday that there were 740 people with the disease in Kuwait. More than 900 p

Deaths from swine flu in Latin America -- the worst-hit region in the world -- rose to over 1,300 on Wednesday after governments added to tolls
from the disease.

Brazil late Tuesday said its count climbed to 368 deaths, putting it just behind Argentina which, with 404 deaths, has the second-highest fatality
tally in the world. The United States has 477 deaths. .

Here are Latin America's swine flu deaths by country, according to the latest government numbers:

EDMONTON - Alberta is considering paying some doctors more than $500 an hour to treat swine flu patients if there is a serious pandemic.

The pay rate is part of a proposal being worked on by the province and the Alberta Medical Association.

It would apply to doctors who volunteered to work as part of a government flu response plan that would kick in if the health system were significantly
disrupted by H1N1 or if a state of public health emergency were declared.

Doctors who agreed to work night shifts under the Physician Financial Support Program would be paid $518.45 an hour, according to a letter the
association has sent out to doctors.

The rate for evenings would be $403.24 an hour and the weekday rate would be $259.23 an hour.

Dr. Noel Grisdale, president of the medical association, said it's prudent to have a contingency plan because doctors could end up contracting the
flu on the job.

Grisdale said in an extreme case it's possible that 25 per cent of doctors could become ill and be unable to work. If that were to happen, it would
be important to have others step in at hospitals, including doctors from community practices..

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Don't expect a lot of school closures due to swine flu this fall. Both the federal and provincial governments feel it's
an ineffective way to stop the spread of the bug. The chief federal health officer says closing schools could actually spread swine flu because the
kids would end up in malls where they could give the virus to the elderly.

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